Days of Grace
International Captain
Can't resist it at the moment. School vacation is on, and there is nothing to do at the office.
First Eleven: Based on my ratings, this is the Greatest Ever Team.
1. Hobbs
2. Hutton
3. Bradman (c)
4. Ponting
5. Hammond
6. Sobers
7. Hadlee
8. Evans (wk)
9. Marshall
10. McGrath
11. Muralitharan
Note: I don't have any ratings for wicketkeepers, but I chose Evans because with Murali in the team, you would need a great keeper, and Evans was very good up at the stumps. Perhaps the best of all-time.
Second Eleven:
1. Sutcliffe
2. Gavaskar
3. Headley
4. Tendulkar
5. Lara
6. Imran Khan (c)
7. Healy (wk)
8. Warne
9. Ambrose
10. O'Reilly
11. Barnes
Healy was selected because of Warne and O'Reilly are in the team. Exciting middle order after a dour opening.
Third Eleven:
1. Hayden
2. Boycott
3. Dravid
4. Pollock
5. Mohammad Yousuf
6. Gilchrist (wk)
7. Botham
8. Lillee
9. Trueman
10. Grimmett
11. Donald
Four-prong pace attack here. Yousuf may look a bit out of place, but his rating a.t.m. gives him a place.
King Viv doesn't make it into either team. My ratings are based purely on stats, as there is no way to measure persona or a batsmen's ability to make you feel like grabbing for the tissues every time he hits a straight one down the ground past the bowler at a million miles an hour.
First Eleven: Based on my ratings, this is the Greatest Ever Team.
1. Hobbs
2. Hutton
3. Bradman (c)
4. Ponting
5. Hammond
6. Sobers
7. Hadlee
8. Evans (wk)
9. Marshall
10. McGrath
11. Muralitharan
Note: I don't have any ratings for wicketkeepers, but I chose Evans because with Murali in the team, you would need a great keeper, and Evans was very good up at the stumps. Perhaps the best of all-time.
Second Eleven:
1. Sutcliffe
2. Gavaskar
3. Headley
4. Tendulkar
5. Lara
6. Imran Khan (c)
7. Healy (wk)
8. Warne
9. Ambrose
10. O'Reilly
11. Barnes
Healy was selected because of Warne and O'Reilly are in the team. Exciting middle order after a dour opening.
Third Eleven:
1. Hayden
2. Boycott
3. Dravid
4. Pollock
5. Mohammad Yousuf
6. Gilchrist (wk)
7. Botham
8. Lillee
9. Trueman
10. Grimmett
11. Donald
Four-prong pace attack here. Yousuf may look a bit out of place, but his rating a.t.m. gives him a place.
King Viv doesn't make it into either team. My ratings are based purely on stats, as there is no way to measure persona or a batsmen's ability to make you feel like grabbing for the tissues every time he hits a straight one down the ground past the bowler at a million miles an hour.
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